> -----Original Message-----> From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf> Of Robin Faichney> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 3:11 PM> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: Re: i-memes and m-memes>>> In message <000601bef3e1$cc8f7f20$fdb606d1@sbosmr.ma.cable.rcn.com>,> Aaron Agassi <agassi@erols.com> writes> >My point is, that aerodynamics analyzes grand pianos and TV sets> just as it> >does seagulls and biplanes. Likewise, Memetics can embrace all things.>> I don't agree. No dust particle replicates, whether it is unseen or has> a prime time TV show. No physical things replicate, only items of> encoded information. Don't confuse the map with the territory.
Memetic replication is the replication of maps (or simulations). Must it
only be the replication of maps only from pre-existing maps? Some maps,
after all, take physical form or manifest durationally as behavior.

The mimetic replication of Ontology is mutation, of course, from actuality
into representation. Unlike genetic replication where in like actually
produces like, physically. But what else is new? Anything that is perceived
can memetically replicate, be it natural phenomenon or artifact. I'm not the
one confused. Physical reality has always been a source for ideas, and a
repository for encoding as well.

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